1927 · Gil Anderson Stutz R Bruce Keen accident R Harold Hickox accident Danny DePaolo Race ran before the 133 lap main. Indianapolis, IN 30th May 1927 – 400 miles (2.5 miles x

1927

1927 – AAA National Championships

Championship Standings 1 Peter DePaolo 1440 pts

2 Frank Lockhart 1040

3 George Souders 1000

4 Leon Duray 630

5 Harry Hartz 595

6 Earl DeVore 521

7 Babe Stapp 508

8 Tony Gulotta 470

9 Dave Lewis 400

10 Dave Evans 328

11 Al Melcher 298

12 Eddie Hearne 126

13 Wilbur Shaw 102

14 Harlan Fengler 50

15 Louis Meyer 38

16 Bob McDonogh 34

17 Frank Elliott 33

18 Cliff Bergere 29

19 Tom Milton 16

20 Norman Batten 15

= William Shattuc 15

22 Fred Comer 10

= Fred Lecklider 10

24 Russ Snowberger 8

25 George Abell 5

26 Ralph Hepburn 3

27 Peter Kreis 2

Culver City, CA

6th March 1927 – 250 miles (1.25 miles x 200 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time

1 12 Leon Duray Miller Miller FD Miller 200 2:00:16.60, 124.712 mph

2 1 Harry Hartz Erskine Miller Miller FD Miller 200 2:00:42.40

3 3 Peter DePaolo Perfect Circle Miller FD Miller 200

4 2 1 Frank Lockhart Perfect Circle Miller Miller 200

5 25 Harlan Fengler Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 200

6 16 Eddie Hearne Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200

7 21 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 200

8 8 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 200

9 24 Al Melcher Miller Miller Miller 200

10 31 George Abell Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200

11 5 Frank Eliott Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 195 Flagged

12 7 Dave Lewis Miller Miller FD Miller 195 Flagged

13 9 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 195 Flagged

14 15 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller 83 Accident

15 19 Ralph Hepburn Boyle Valve Miller Miller 71 Fuel line

16 4 Bennett Hill Cooper Miller Miller 58 Engine

17 22 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 58 Valve

18 35 Fred Lecklider Miller Miller Miller 16 Clutch slippage

NQ 10 Earl DeVore Nickel Plate Miller Miller

NQ 26 Louis Meyer Miller Miller Miller

NQ 37 Fred Frame Miller Miller Miller

Lap Leaders: Frank Lockhart 1- 27

Cliff Woodbury 28- 82

Leon Duray 83- 87

Dave Evans 88-163

Peter DePaolo 164-171

Leon Duray 172-200

AAA sanction 1761

Pole position speed: 144.200 mph

Atlantic City, NJ

7th May 1927 – 199.5 miles (1.5 mile x 133 laps)


1 7 8 Dave Lewis Miller Miller FD Miller 133 1:32:15.97, 130.058 mph

2 24 15 Al Melcher Miller Miller Miller 133 1:33:03.55

3 1 6 Harry Hartz Erskine Miller Miller FD Miller 133 1:35:05.87

4 9 10 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 133 1:35:41.07

5 15 2 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller 133 1:36:41.14

6 10 14 Earl DeVore Nickel Plate Miller Miller 133 1:37:19.20

7 17 16 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 133 1:37:31.32

8 16 5 Eddie Hearne Miller Miller Miller 116 Valve

9 6 3 Fred Comer Boyle Valve Miller Miller 105 Supercharger

10 8 9 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 83 Cracked cylinder

11 12 4 Leon Duray Miller Miller FD Miller 58 Rod bearing

12 3 7 Peter DePaolo Perfect Circle Miller FD Miller 38 Oil line

13 2 1 Frank Lockhart Perfect Circle Miller Miller 30 Burnt piston

14 36 12 Ray Keech Mercedes Mercedes Mercedes 28 Valve

15 5 11 Frank Elliott Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 9 Slipping clutch

16 27 13 Tony Gulotta Miller Miller Miller 5 Oil line

AAA sanction 1764

Pole position speed: 147.229 mph

75 miles – Stock cars

1 Tom Rooney Stutz 0:52:10.54, 86.247 mph

2 Wade Morton Auburn

3 Zeke Meyer Paige 8 0:52:11

4 Eddie Meyer Auburn

5 Buddy Marr Paige 8 0:52:49

6 Fred Winnai Duesenberg

7 L.L.Corum Stutz

Gil Anderson Stutz

R Bruce Keen accident

R Harold Hickox accident

Danny DePaolo

Race ran before the 133 lap main.

Indianapolis, IN

30th May 1927 – 400 miles (2.5 miles x 160 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time Qual mph

1 32 22 George

Souders

Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 5:07:33.08,

97.545 mph

111.551

2 10 15 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 200 5:19:35.95 107.497

3 27 27 Tony Gulotta Miller Miller Miller 200 5:22:05.88 107.765

4 29 19 Wilbur Shaw Jynx Miller Miller 200 5:22:12.05 104.465

5 21 28 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 5:30:27.71 107.360

6 14 7 Bob McDonogh Cooper Cooper FD Miller 200 5:31:49.34 113.175

7 16 18 Eddie Hearne Miller Miller Miller 200 5:33:05.74 105.115

8 6 25 Tom Milton Detroit Detroit FD Miller 200 5:52:36.21 108.758

9 25 14 Cliff

Bergere

Miller Miller Miller 200 6:15:20.07 108.820

10 5 13 Frank

Elliott

Locomobile

Junior 8

Miller Miller 200 6:23:25.69 109.682

11 31 33 Fred Frame Miller Miller Miller 199 6:25:27, 106.859

Flagged

12 42 32 Jim Hill Nickel Plate Miller Miller 199 6:29:28,

Flagged

107.392

13 24 31 Ben Shoaff Perfect

Circle

Duesenberg Duesenberg 198 Pinion gear 110.152

14 41 26 Wade Morton Thompson

Valve

Duesenberg Duesenberg 152 Hit wall 108.075

15 44 20 Al Melcher Miller Miller Miller 145 Supercharger 102.918

16 43 23 Louis

Schneider

Miller Miller Duesenberg 135 Timing gear 109.910

17 9 12 Peter Kreis Cooper Cooper FD Miller 123 Front axle 109.900

18 2 1 Frank

Lockhart

Perfect

Circle

Miller Miller 119 Con-rod 120.100

19 15 6 Cliff

Woodbury

Boyle Valve Miller Miller 108 Supercharger 113.200

20 26 17 Dutch

Baumann

Miller Miller Miller 90 Pinion shaft 106.078

21 35 29 Al Cotey Elcar Miller Miller 87 Universal

joint

106.295

22 17 16 William

Shattuc

Miller Miller Miller 83 Valve 107.060

23 23 30 Fred

Lecklider

Elgin Piston

Pin

Miller Miller 49 Hit wall 105.729

24 19 5 Ralph

Hepburn

Boyle Valve Miller Miller 39 Fuel leak 114.209

25 1 4 Harry Hartz Erskine Miller FD Miller 38 Crankshaft 116.739

26 3 2 Peter

DePaolo

Perfect

Circle

Miller FD Miller 32 Supercharger 119.510

27 12 3 Leon Duray Miller Miller FD Miller 27 Fuel tank leak 118.788

28 4 9 Bennett Hill Cooper Miller FD Miller 26 Rear spring 112.013

29 18 21 Jules

Ellingboe

Cooper Miller FD Miller 25 Hit north wall 113.239

30 8 20 Norman

Batten

Miller Fengler Miller 25 Fire 111.940

31 38 24 Babe Stapp Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 24 Universal

joint

109.555

32 22 11 Jack

Petticord

Boyle Valve Miller Miller 22 Supercharger 109.920

33 7 8 Dave Lewis Miller Miller FD Miller 20 Front axle 112.275

NQ 28 Lora Corum Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg

NQ 33 Bruce Miller Jones-

Whitaker

Miller FD Miller Con-rod

NQ 34 Sam Ross Green Green

NQ 36 Leslie Allen Burt Miller Miller

NQ 37 A.Dan Cain K&M K&M

NQ 45 Steve Smith Rausie

NQ 46 Buddy Marr Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti

Lap Leaders: Frank Lockhart 1- 81

Dutch Baumann 82- 91

Frank Lockhart 92-119

Peter DePaolo 120-149

George Souders 150-200

Relief Drivers:

5 Fred Frame 54-100

6 Cornelius van Ranst 82-106

6 Ralph Hepburn 107-200

9 Harry Hartz 101-123

10 Zeke Meyer 97-152

14 Peter DePaolo 113-200

15 Ralph Hepburn 71- 80

16 Harry Hartz 47- 81

16 Leon Duray 116-130

16 Ira Vail 131-154

21 Steve Nemish 57- 82

23 Henry Kohlert 17- 49

24 Babe Stapp 69-103

24 Babe Stapp 173-198

25 Wesley Crawford 96-108

25 Wesley Crawford 147-176

27 Peter DePaolo 86- 92

29 Louis Meyer 77-129

31 Andy Fernic 6- 68

31 George Abell 69- 76

31 Andy Fernic 77-123

31 George Abell 124-127

31 Andy Fernic 128-199

35 Eddie Burbach 63- 87

41 Ralph Holmes 34- 63

41 Fred Winnai 64-131

41 Ralph Holmes 140-152

42 Don Orstrander 30- 87

42 Don Orstrander 108-115

42 Don Orstrander 176-197

43 Lora Corum 88- 97

43 Dutch Baumann 125-135

44 Jack Petticord 44-129

44 Fred Lecklider 130-143

44 Jack Petticord 143-144

AAA sanction 1765

Altoona, PA

11th June 1927 – 200 miles (1.25 mile x 160 laps)


1 3 3 Peter DePaolo Perfect Circle Miller FD Miller 160 1:42:56.80, 116.565

mph

2 1 4 Harry Hartz Erskine Miller FD Miller 160 1:44:37.80

3 27 5 Tony Gulotta Miller Miller Miller 160 1:48:57.30

4 24 15 Eddie Hearne Perfect Circle Duesenberg Duesenberg 160 1:49:44.00

5 41 16 Babe Stapp Thompson Valve Duesenberg Duesenberg 160 1:54:18.8


7 12 1 Leon Duray Miller Miller FD Miller 160 1:57:48.6


9 21 7 Dave Evans Miller Miller Miller 134 Flagged

10 4 14 Bennett Hill Cooper Miller FD Miller 125 Burnt piston

11 7 6 Dave Lewis Miller Miller FD Miller 105 Overturned

12 2 11 Frank Lockhart Perfect Circle Miller Miller 52 Supercharger

13 8 10 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 47 Accident

14 6 12 Ralph Hepburn Boyle Valve Miller Miller 46 Accident

15 10 13 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 44 Accident

16 9 9 Peter Kreis Cooper Cooper FD Miller 22 Engine

NQ 17 William

Shattuc

Miller Miller Miller

NQ 32 George Souders Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg Piston in practice

NQ 14 Bob McDonogh Cooper Cooper FD Miller Burnt piston in

practice

Fred Comer Boyle Valve

Norman Batten Miller

NQ 42 Zeke Myers Miller

Buddy Marr Bugatti

Wade Morton Perfect Circle Duesenberg

NQ 40 Louie Meyers Duesenberg

Relief Drivers:

4 Bob McDonogh 85-123

AAA sanction 1763

A 50 mile race for cars not meeting championship regulations was run (billed as stock cars), won by Tom

Dawson (Miller), 29m47.40. Other entrants in this event were:

Speed Gardner Flying Cloud

A.B.Litz Frontenac

J.L.Bowman

Jean Manderloff Frontenac

Martin Klaus Essex

C.A.Wall Scott

Earl Johnson Bailey

Al LaFlamme Haller

James Gleason Miller

R.F.Shoaf Frontenac

William Albertson Duesenberg

Bill Lightner Frontenac

William Wolf Dodge

Ernest Mistlebauer Oldsmobile

Tony Boyle Foster

Frank Hollman Haller

Herbert Smith Duesenberg

Harry “Oz“ Hoyer Dodge

Ray Keech Miller

Bernard McGinley Chevrolet

Salem-Rockingham, NH

4th July 1927 – 200 miles (1.25 mile x 160 laps)


1 3 2 Peter DePaolo Perfect Circle Miller FD Miller 160 1:36:30.22, 124.348 mph

2 2 Frank Lockhart Perfect Circle Miller Miller 160 1:37:28.60

3 21 4 Dave Evans Miller Miller Miller 160 1:38:14.50


5 8 Babe Stapp Miller Miller Miller 160 1:42:05.17

6 44 Al Melcher Miller Miller Miller 160 1:42:34.24

7 1 5 Harry Hartz Erskine Miller FD Miller 160 1:43:17.57

8 6 Fred Comer Boyle Valve Miller Miller 160 1:45:30.87

9 26 Fred Lecklider Boyle Valve Miller Miller 160 1:47:19.18

10 24 Eddie Hearne Perfect Circle Duesenberg Duesenberg 80 Flagged

11 12 Leon Duray Miller Miller FD Miller 119 Supercharger

12 10 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 111 Supercharger

13 14 Bob McDonogh Cooper Cooper FD Miller 75 Manifold

14 28 Louis Meyer Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 26 Oil pressure

15 27 6 Tony Gulotta Miller Miller Miller 22 Supercharger

16 9 Peter Kreis Cooper Cooper FD Miller 20 Valve

17 4 Earl Cooper Cooper Miller FD Miller 5 Valves

NQ 41 Ben Shoaff Thompson Valve Duesenberg Duesenberg

Relief Drivers:

24 Louis Meyer

AAA sanction 1840

A 100 mile stock car race was also held, won by an Auburn 8-88 at 89.19 mph.

Altoona, PA

5th September 1927 – 200 miles (1.25 mile x 160 laps)


1 2 2 Frank Lockhart Perfect Circle Miller Miller 160 1:42:49.04, 116.713 mph

2 3 3 Peter DePaolo Perfect Circle Miller FD Miller 160 1:42:57.50

3 8 13 Babe Stapp Miller Miller Miller 160 1:43:34.30


5 12 4 Leon Duray Miller Miller FD Miller 160 1:48:07.00

6 10 10 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 160 1:48:53.90

7 21 7 Dave Evans Miller Miller Miller 160 1:52:20.00


9 35 14 Fred Lecklider Nickle Plate Miller Miller 153 Flagged

10 15 1 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller 144 Accident

11 14 9 Bob McDonogh Cooper Cooper FD Miller 69 Oil tank

12 17 12 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 57 Accident

13 1 5 Harry Hartz Erskine Miller Miller FD Miller 54 Timing gear

14 36 8 Russ Snowberger Boyle Valve Miller Miller 25 Valves

NQ 17 Deacon Litz Miller Miller Miller

NQ 45 Clarence Belt Ransie Engine

Lap Leaders: Frank Lockhart 1-160

Relief Drivers:

21 Russ Snowberger 66-160

AAA sanction 1850

Charlotte, NC

19th September 1927

25 miles (1.25 mile x 20 laps)


1 2 1 Frank Lockhart Perfect Circle Miller Miller 20 0:11:45.0, 127.659mph





6 1 3 Harry Hartz Erskine Miller FD Miller 14 Fouled plugs

7 12 6 Leon Duray Miller Miller FD Miller 13 Withdrew

8 10 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 7 Fouled plugs

9 36 Russ Snowberger Boyle Valve Miller Miller 5 Air line

10 21 Dave Evans Miller Miller Miller 2 Driver hit by wood

Pole Position Speed: 138.890 mph



1 3 Peter DePaolo Perfect Circle Miller FD Miller 40 0:23:48.66, 125.992 mph

2 12 Leon Duray Miller Miller FD Miller 40 0:23:59.17

3 15 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller 40 0:24:00.02


5 10 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 40 0:24:08.63

6 44 Al Melcher Miller Miller Miller 39 Flagged

7 21 Dave Evans Miller Miller Miller 39 Flagged

8 36 Russ Snowberger Boyle Valve Miller Miller 39 Flagged

9 27 Tony Gulotta Miller Miller Miller 35 Flagged

10 2 Frank Lockhart Perfect Circle Miller Miller 18 Blown left-rear tyre

11 7 William Shattuc Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 12 Oil pressure



1 8 Babe Stapp Miller Miller Miller 80 0:50:02.13, 119.913 mph

2 15 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller 80 0:50:16.73

3 21 Dave Evans Miller Miller Miller 80 0:50:32.00

4 3 Peter DePaolo Perfect Circle Miller FD Miller 80 0:51:43.83

5 12 Leon Duray Miller Miller FD Miller 80 0:52:14.55

6 10 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 80 0:52:20.03

7 44 Al Melcher Miller Miller Miller 79 Flagged

8 36 Russ Snowberger Boyle Valve Miller Miller 79 Flagged

9 7 William Shattuc Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 69 Flagged

10 2 Frank Lockhart Perfect Circle Miller Miller 54 Radiator hose

11 14 Eddie Hearne Miller Miller Miller 46 Withdrew

12 27 Tony Gulotta Miller Miller Miller 6 Supercharger

13 1 Harry Hartz Erskine Miller FD Miller 6 Radiator

AAA sanction 1865

Salem-Rockingham, NH

12th October 1927 – Board oval




2 3 Peter DePaolo Perfect Circle Miller FD Miller 52 0:31:01.01

3 15 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller 51 Flagged

4 10 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 50 Flagged

5 44 4 Al Melcher Miller Miller Miller 50 Flagged

6 27 7 Tony Gulotta Miller Miller Miller 50 Flagged

7 8 3 Babe Stapp Miller Miller Miller 50 Flagged

8 12 6 Leon Duray Miller Miller FD Miller 49 Flagged

9 32 Russ Snowberger Miller Miller Miller 48 Flagged

10 9 Peter Kreis Cooper Cooper FD Miller 48 Flagged

11 14 5 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 48 Flagged

12 16 Dave Evans Miller Miller Miller 37 Flagged

13 1 2 Harry Hartz Erskine Miller FD Miller 52 Accident

14 5 Earl Cooper Cooper Miller FD Miller 15 Valve

15 7 William Shattuc Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 5 Con-rod

Pole Position Speed: 144.231 mph

N.B. – Race stopped due to fire on track. The fire occurred when Hartz span while trying to overtake

Lockhart for the lead, the car overturning multiple times and throwing Hartz from the car. Fuel from the

car started four fires along the infield rails, and the flames spread dense clouds of black smoke across

the track. Hartz suffered a deep gash to the head and a broken leg.

Two non-points races were held prior to this race:

10 miles – 1 Hartz (5m12.47, 115.219 mph), 2 Kreis, 3 Elliott, 4 Stapp, 5 Evans, 6 DeVore, 7 Shattuc, 8

Cooper.

10 miles – 1 Woodbury (5m12.13, 114.650 mph), 2 Lockhart, 3 DePaolo, 4 Melcher, 5 Gulotta, 6 Souders.




2 8 3 Babe Stapp Miller Miller Miller 60 0:35:35.73


4 27 Tony Gulotta Miller Miller Miller 60 0:35:45.74


6 14 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 60 0:37:09.83

7 44 Al Melcher Miller Miller Miller 60 0:37:09.87

8 32 Russ Snowberger Miller Miller Miller 60 0:38:43.75

9 10 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 52 Flagged

10 9 Peter Kreis Cooper Cooper FD Miller 15 Valve

NQ 16 Leon Duray Miller Miller Miller Con-rod

Race was added after accident wreckage from first race was cleared away and the track repaired.

AAA sanction 1910

Other US events of 1927 "ANYBODY killed yet?" inquired the night editor, settling himself at the desk at 4 o'clock. “No,” the young man at the other tide of

the big square table assured him, "but the auto races aren't over yet".

The reporter deserves no credit for his prophesy. That same expectation, consciously or unconsciously, was shared by the crowd at

the track. That's why the crowd was there. If there had been no casualties, the crowd would have gone away with a vague sense of

disappointment. The reason, of course, could not be admitted consciously. Every spectator carefully "edits" or rationalizes his

reasons in order to avoid offense to the thinking part of his brain, which would disapprove. The disreputable hope is a guarded secret

buried deep below all the ordinary thinking functions of the individual.

But make no mistake, the secret anticipation is there. An automobile traveling at a speed of 55 or 60 miles an hour no longer is a

novel or a particularly interesting spectacle in the United States. Tho racing drivers who participate here are mostly unknown, and

there is no overwhelming curiosity as to which will win. The excellent chance that one or more of them may be killed or injured,

however, fires the public interest. It is this that assures the success of the show.

In Mexico, the crowd attends bull fights. Except for one factor, nothing could be more monotonous or predictable than a bull fight.

Any person who has seen one knows precisely, step by step, the whole rigamarole of the ritual. What the matadors, the picadors, and

the toreadors will do is determined as rigorously as the sequence of the seasons. What the bulls will do, and what will be done to

them, is known absolutely. Where, then, is the drama? Why do the devotees return, again and again, to see a performance so

hackneyed?

Simple enough. There is always a fair chance that one of the performers will be gored by a bull, and this is the exciting possibility

that brings the crowd out for the same old performance, week after week.

Here in the United States, we frown upon bull fights, and rather preen ourselves upon the humaneness of our civilization. Civilization

is an influence that does not greatly change the appetites and motives of human beings, but which does introduce many interesting

ways of concealing them. The ignorant cargadore offends us by his naivete in such matters. His motive is not sufficiently clothed, we

can see all too easily what he goes to the bull fight for. Worst of all, when we go to a bull fight, we can not conceal the ugly motive

from ourselves. It is so embarrassingly conspicuous that we can't keep it from obtruding upon the notice of the conscious and more or

less civilized part of our minds.

We must have a more subtle gratification for our bloody appetites. We delight to watch the exploit of the "human fly", worming his

way up the facade of the building where a momentary spell of faintness, a slipping of fingers or toes, means horrible death. It is that

submerged fascination with the idea of the horrible death that holds the crowd in hushed and expectant ecstacy, while the ability to

silence the protests of the civilized mind by saying, "It's his skill and courage we admire", keeps the participation respectable.

And, we hire race race drivers to guide automobiles at high speed aiound small, narrow tracks on which high speed is suicide.

It is uncivilized and disreputable, of course. If this people lives long enough to attain to a more genuine culture, it will blush for this

and similar barbarities. The "If" Is very large, for at no time in the history of the world has any nation possessed more than a small

handful of perfectly civilized persons. S.A.Tucker (Decatur Herald, 5th July 1927)

International Motor Contest Association Championship Standings

1 Fred Horey

Albuquerque, NM

1st-2nd January 1927

1st January: Time Trials

1 George Souders 0:00:44

1st January: 10 miles

1 Chet Gardner


1 George Souders

2 Harry Milburn

3 Chet Gardner


1 George Souders

2 Chet Gardner

Souders threw a con-rod on the final lap and

coasted to victory.

2nd January: Time Trials

1 George Souders 0:00:43.0

2 Chuck Anderson 0:00:43.6

3 Chet Gardner 0:00:45.0

4 Slim Harper 0:00:45.8

NS Ray Gardner mechanical

2nd January: 10 miles – Free-for-all

1 George Souders 0:07:37

2 Chet Gardner

3 Walker

R Chuck Anderson 5 laps

R Harry Milburn 3 laps

R Roy Miller 2 laps

R Slim Harper 1 lap/engine

2nd January: 10 miles – Modified stock cars

1 8 Chet Gardner 0:07:50

2 6 Walker Ford

3 Chuck Anderson

R Harry Milburn

2nd January: 15 miles – Modified stock cars

1 Chet Gardner 0:11:40

2 Walker

3 Chuck Anderson

James Randolph

R Harry Milburn 6 laps

R Brugerman 4 laps

2nd January: 25 miles

1 George Souders White/Miller 0:19:18.5, 77.68 mph

2 Chet Gardner Rajo Special

3 Harry Milburn Duesenberg

Walker

James Randolph Ford

Only five cars started

Other entrants:

Fred Frame Miller

George Souders Duesenberg

Ray Gardner Rajo Special

B.F.Brugerman Lexington Special

Dick Calhoun

Slim Harper Albuquerque Special

Chuck Anderson Frontenac

Dick Schultz Stutz Special

Roy Miller Rajo-Fpor

AAA sanction 1760

San Antonio Speedway, TX

1st-2nd January 1927 – 2 mile dirt oval

Entrants:

Johnny Gerber Chrysler Special

Pat Harrier Frontenac

1st January: Time Trials

1 M.L.Brooks 0:01:20.5

2 Johnny Gerber 0:01:23

3 Bill McMahon 0:01:26

R Jimmy Lawrence engine


1 M.L.Brooks 0:05:35

2 Johnny Gerber 0:05:42.6

3 Bill McMahon


1 Pat Harrier 0:06:28

2 William Brown 0:06:30

3 Bill McMahon


1 Bill McMahon 0:06:25

2 Pat Harrier 0:06:26

1st January: 6 miles – Match Race


2 Bill McMahon 0:04:36.6

3 Pat Hoch

1st January: 20 miles – Texas Grand Sweepstakes


2 Pat Hoch 0:12:30.0

3 Buck Anderson

Royal King Alley died Sunday (2nd) night from

injuries received in an auto race earlier in the

day. Alley’s car cart-wheeled during a

preliminary speed test, crushing him.

Races run under the auspices of the Texas Speedway Alliance.

Seaside Park, Ventura, CA

16th January 1927

Entrants:

Mel Kenealy Hooker Special

Francis Quinn Ballinger Rajo Special


30th January 1927 – 2 mile dirt oval


1 E.W.Huth Buick roadster 0:26:04

2 H.A.Hickam Chrysler 70 0:26:43

50 miles

1 307 Rex Edmonds Chrysler Special 0:35:54

2 15 Johnny Gerber Chevrolet Special 0:37:33

R 24 Jimmy Lawrence Frontenac Special engine

Other entrants

4 Jack Jordan Frontenac

5 J.W.Draper Winfield Special

9 W.T.Weatherbee Liberty 8 Special

35 Speed Anderson Frontenac

36 H.C.Wade Northway Special

100 Bill Brown Frontenac

300 G.A.Reese Chevrolet Special

711 Bill McMahon Rajo Special

7-11 Eddy Neve Wells-Brooks Special

Ascot Speedway, CA

6th February 1927

100 miles

1 Ed Winfield 1:23:41.4

2 Otto Lund

3 Speed Hinkley

R P.R.Barrett Rajo Special accident

R Ches Casey Rajo Special Hit Barrett’s crashed car

Fresno Speedway, CA

6th February 1927 – 1 mile oval

150 miles

1 Ted Simpson 1:44:15, 87.2 mph

2 Fred Cooper

3 Floyd W.Bobzien 135 laps

4 Mel Kenealy 118 laps

Palisades Del Rey, Los Angeles, CA

12th February 1927 – ~2 mile road course

100 miles – Los Angeles Grand Prix: Entrants

Ed Winfield

Ted Simpson Chrysler

Lou Moore

Mike Admire

Mill Moody

Francis Quinn

Mel Kenealy

Speed Hinkley

13 Otto Lind Harry Langdon Frontenac

Rained out. The course was midway between Venice and El Segundo at the intersection of Jefferson Boulevard

and the Santa Monica to Redondo highway.

Ascot Speedway, CA

20th February 1927

50 miles

R Harvey Kloepfer fire

R Ray Armstrong J.H.Thiel Frontenac fatal accident

Armstrong left the track, went down an embankment and crashed into the foundations on the grandstand.

Armstrong died from his injuries the next day.

Gonzales, TX

22nd February 1927 – ½ mile dirt egg-shaped oval

Wiley Weatherbee (Green Engineering Special) tore down 20 feet of fencing during an accident at the races.

Phoenix, AZ

22nd February 1927

Time Trials

1 Franchini Franchini Special

2 Harold Peterson

50 miles – Free-for-all

1 1 Harold Peterson Welty/Dodge 75.226 mph

2 Chester Gardner

3 A.Goldtrap

4 R.H.Gardner

Jimmy Randolph

8 starters, 6 finishers

AAA sanction 1762

Slim Harper was made an offer to drive a car for D.D.Griffith in this event, but refused, as a number of

drivers refused to compete if he was allowed to run during a meeting the previous fall following a fast

lap in time trials. One of those who protested was Griffith…..


6th March 1927 – 2 mile dirt oval

Time Trials

1 Jimmie Lawrence Galloway Special 0:01:16.0

20 miles

1 Jimmie Lawrence Galloway Special 0:13:18

2 John Gerber Whippet


1 R.W.Russell Buick roadster (stripped) 0:20:55

30 miles

1 Rex Edmonds Chrysler Special 0:21:46

2 John Gerber Whippet

R Jimmie Lawrence Galloway Special

Lawrence broke his crankshaft on the final lap while leading.

Other entrants:

Wiley Weatherbee Green Engineering Special Liberty 8

Maxey Brooks Tucker-Wells Special

H.C.Wade Wade Special

Pat Holmes Frontenac

Pete McNamee Dodge

Ed Fondren Frontenac

A 24 hour endurance test by Leo Rice and Miss Peggy Bernard driving an Essex Super Six stock car was

started on the 5th March at 2pm, finishing before the races started. They ran 24 hours non-stop, covering

1218 miles at 50.62 mph.

Ascot Speedway, CA

13th March 1927

6 laps

1 Charley Gelston

15 laps – Consolation

1 Bill Schurtz Evans Special

100 miles

1 Bert Spencer Redlands Special

2 Francis Quinn Rajo Special

R Otto Lind suspension/accident

Race was stopped 10 laps early after spectators went onto the track. Lind was hospitalised by the

accident.

Culver City, CA

18th-19th March 1927

18th March: 1000 miles (stock cars)

Wade Morton Auburn Straight 8 68.37 mph

Trials. AAA sanction 1770 (18th March) and 1771 (19th March).

Ascot Speedway, CA

27th March 1927 – 5/8 mile dirt oval

1 lap

1 Bill Spence 0:00:32

15 laps

1 Barney Kloepfer 0:08:10

15 laps

1 Freddy Lyons 0:08:23.8

15 laps

1 Francis Quinn 0:08:25.8

45 laps - Feature

1 Barney Kloepfer 0:22:36

2 Freddy Lyons

Victoria Fairgrounds, TX

27th March 1927

Texas Speedway Alliance races – postponed to the 3rd April.

Daytona Beach, FL

29th March 1927

Major H.O.D.Seagrave Sunbeam 203.7928 mph

Speed trials. AAA sanction 1769.

A women’s race was also held on Ormond Beach at or around this date. The result was:

1 Elizabeth Cowen

2 Violet Sullivan

Culver City, CA

1st-5th April 1927

The AAA issued a number of sanctions for the Studebaker Corporation of America to hold a number of time

trials. These were:-

1773 – 2500 miles

1774 – 24 hours

1779 – 50 hour

1780 – 3500 miles

1781 – 72 hours

1782 – 5000 miles

The following records were achieved by a Studebaker Commander driven by Harry Hartz, Eddie Hearn, Louis

Wilson and Ab Jenkins:

5000 miles – 81h48m22. 61.12 mph

2500 miles – 40h12m54, 62.16 mph

50 hours – 3102.5 miles, 62.05 mph

3500 miles – 56h47m32.5, 61.62 mph

72 hours – 4414 miles, 61.3 mph

Event completed at 3:03am on the 5th April.

Victoria Fairgrounds, TX

3rd April 1927 – ½ mile dirt oval

1 lap - Time Trials

1 Johnny Gerber Whippet Special 0:00:31.5

2 Maxie Brooks Frontenac 0:00:32.0

12 laps - Class A

1 Maxie Brooks Frontenac 0:06:30.8

2 Johnny Gerber Whippet Special

3 Harry Norris Chevrolet

12 laps - Class B

1 Lee Brammell Ford Special 0:07:06

2 Ralph Wetzler Chevrolet

3 Speedy Whitting Chevrolet

Australian Pursuit

1 Curtis Cross Chrysler Special

2 Lee Brammell Ford Special

8 laps - Match Race

1 Johnny Gerber Whippet Special 0:05:52

2 Maxie Brooks Frontenac

3 Jimmy Lawrence Frontenac

24 laps - Texas Sweepstakes

1 Maxie Brooks Frontenac 0:13:30

2 Jimmy Lawrence Frontenac

3 Johnny Gerber Whippet Special

4 Harry Norris Chevrolet

10 laps - Stock cars

1 Eddie Stewart Chrysler 58 0:06:43

2 Ralph Huth Buick roadster

Other entrants:

Wiley Weatherbee

W.E.Granger

Texas Speedway Alliance races

Cimarron (KS)-Kansas City (MO)

11th April 1927 – 429 miles

1 L.E.Kerbs Ford 8:39

2 Charles Crow Essex 6 8:40

3 L.R.Flint Essex 8:55

4 3 Ed Crawford Chevrolet 9:38

R 5 Clyde Johnson Chevrolet

R Raleigh Erdman Pontiac

R Ford

R Whippet

Stock cars. Race was along the new Santa Fe Trail.

Muroc Dry Lake, CA

11th April 1927

AAA sanction 1778 – Record run by Frank Lockhart. Driving a 91.5ci car, Lockhart set a one way speed of

21.05s over a mile (171.02 mph), returning against a slight breeze at 157.55 mph. The event was timed by

AAA starter Fred J.Wagner, and was reported as a US record.

Culver City, CA

15th April 1927

Wade Morton (with Eddie Miller as relief), driving an Auburn 8 cylinder touring car, drove 1000 miles in

14h37m32.8 (68.37 mph).

AAA sanction 1777. Time trials to be held by the Auburn Automobile Company.

Ascot Park Speedway, CA

17th April 1927

1 lap

1 Bill Spence

5 laps

1 Bill Spence

10 laps

1 Bill Spence

10 laps - Consolation

R Douglas Ludwig fatal accident

Ludwig later died from his injuries.

25 miles - Feature

1 Lou Moore 0:23:21

2 Bill Helsler

3 Bill Spence

Douglas, AZ

17th April 1927

AAA sanction 1775 – postponed to the 24th due to rain.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IN

22nd April 1927 – 24 Hour run for the Stevens Challenge Trophy

Ps # Driver Car Time

1 Stutz 1642.6 miles, 68.4 mph

AAA sanction 1787. Time trials held by the Stutz Motor Car Company.


23rd-24th April 1927 – 2 mile dirt oval

Entrants – race cars

5 Speedy Anderson J.W.Draper Windfield Special

36 Eddy Stewart H.C.Wade Northway Special

100 Bill Brown G.A.Reese Frontenac

307 Rex Edmonds Chrysler Special

8 Jack Jordan Frontenac

300 Harry Norris G.A.Reese Chevrolet Special

24 Jimmie Lawrence Frontenac Special

15 Johnny Gerber Chevrolet Special

7 Eddie Neve Wells-Brooks Special

400 Kid Wetzler Chevrolet

Frank Whitty Chevrolet

200 Tace & Donnelly Frontenac

Entrants – stock cars

George Huth Buick roadster

Grayson Lubbock Nash roadster

Hickman Chrysler 70 roadster

Eddie Stewart Chrysler 4 roadster

Eddie Eckenroth Studebaker

George Fake Marmon

A.A.Allan Paige Detonia

Biden Chevrolet

Wortham Chrysler 70 roadster

Galloway Frontenac-Ford

Clint Slover Chrysler

23rd April: Time Trials


2 Jimmie Lawrence 0:01:16.0

23rd April: 8 miles

1 Jimmie Lawrence 0:05:20

2 Eddie Neve 0:05:27

3 Rex Edmonds 0:05:46.6

23rd April: 8 miles – Class B

1 Speedy Anderson 0:06:18

2 W.T.Weatherbee 0:06:21

3 Eddue Shaw 0:06:31

23rd April: 16 miles

1 Jimmie Lawrence

2 Rex Edmonds

3 Eddie Stewart

23rd April: 24 miles – Stock cars

1 E.W.Huth 0:22:04.2

2 Clint Slover 0:22:14.6

24th April: Time Trials


2 Jimmie Lawrence 0:01:15.6

24th April: 8 miles – Consolation

1 Johnny Gerber 0:0626.6

2 W.T.Weatherbee

24th April: 20 miles - Stock cars

1 George Huth 0:20:25.1

2 Grayson Lubbock

24th April: 50 miles

1 Rex Edmonds 0:33:50

2 Johnny Gerber

Douglas, AZ

24th April 1927

25 miles -Bisbee Trophy

1 Chester Gardner Gardner/Rajo

2 Ray Gardner

3 J.A.Walker

Other entrants:

Slim Harper

Jimmie Randolph

Bryan

Renteria

Moon

Chuck Anderson

AAA sanction 1775

Ascot Speedway. CA

1st May 1927

1 lap

1 Lou Moore

3 laps – Match Race

1 Mel Kenealy

100 miles

1 F.W.Bobzien Frontenac

2 Speed Hinkley

3 Harry Jacques

Bill Spence

Western Dirt Track Driving Championship – final standings following this meeting

1 Bill Spence

Roby Speedway, IL

1st May 1927

10 miles

1 Shorty Cantlon 0:08:09.4

30 miles

1 Jack Ross Murphy/Miller 0:25:25.8, 70.73 mph

2 Shorty Cantlon

AAA sanction 1783. Roby Speedway Association.

Bakersfield Fairgrounds, CA

8th May 1927

100 miles

1 Church

2 Lou Moore -7 laps

3 Eddie Seward

4 R.A.Anderson

R Barney Kloepfer engine

R De Bolt

Moore's engine broke when leading, but he got it

back to the pits and repaired it enough to rejoin

and finish second.

Other entrants:

Speed Hinkley

Mel Kenealy

Bud Spencer

Bill Lund

Pop Evans

Jack Buxton

E.Terpkell

D.Stoddard

Ray Logan

Ted Cooper

Frank Crom

Fair Park, Breckenridge, TX

3rd July 1927 – 5/8 mile dirt oval

5 miles

1 Fred Frame 0:05:51.6

10 laps

1 Harry Wilburn 0:06:28

10 laps

1 Curtis Cross 0:06:40.2

10 miles

1 Fred Frame 0:10:39.8

2 Simpson

R Chester Gardner accident

Atlantic City Speedway, NJ

5th May 1927

AAA sanction 1799 – certified time trial to be held by Frank Lockhart.

Times

1 Frank Lockhart 147.729 mph

Cliff Woodbury 143.808 mph

Fred Comer 142.367 mph

Leon Duray 141.029 mph

Eddie Hearne 140.631 mph

Frank Elliott 133.255 mph

Lockhart set a new record for board track racing, electrically timed by Ottie Porter and Val Haresnipe

from the AAA contest board. The timed runs also doubled as qualifying runs for the Championship race held

on the 7th May.

Lakewood, Atlanta, GA

7th May 1927

A Whippet stock car driven by Chick Murray set a “new world record” for stock cars on a dirt track,

travelling 225 miles in 4h44m34, for an average of 47 mph.

Atlantic City Speedway, NJ

14th May 1927

AAA sanction 1800. Test held by the Chrysler Motor Company. Ralph DePalma driving a stock Chrysler

Imperial 80 Sport Roadster set a distance record of 89.091 miles in one hour, an American record for cars

of less than 300ci. The first five miles were run at 88.757 mph, the first ten miles in 88.666 mph, and 50

miles at 89.153 mph, all new American records.

Albuquerque Amusement Association Track, NM

15th May 1927

Time Trials

1 10 Slim Harper Mohawk Special 0:00:45.4

2 8 Chester Gardner Rajo Special 0:00:46.0

3 6 A.J.Walker Walker Special (Frontenac) 0:00:47.6

4 4 Fred Merzney Frontenac Special 0:00:47.8

5 7 Ray Gardner Rajo Special 0:00:48.0

6 12 Bobbie Bryant Opex Special (Frontenac) 0:00:48.2

7 19 Vic Felt Felts Special (Frontenac) 0:00:49.0

8 9 Chuck Anderson Franchini Special (Ford) 0:00:49.2

Note: Bryant was also sometimes referred to as “Young Lockhart”


1 8 Chester Gardner 0:07:48.8

2 10 Slim Harper 0:07:59.0

3 4 Fred Merzney 0:08:17.0

10 miles – Non-winners race

1 7 Ray Gardner 0:07:52.0

2 19 Vic Felt 0:08:22.8

3 6 A.J.Walker 0:08:29.0

15 miles


2 19 Vic Felt 0:12:07.8

3 4 Fred Merzney 0:12:29.0

R 10 Slim Harper carburetor

25 miles – Bisbee Cup

1 19 Vic Felt 0:22:01.4, 70.03 mph


3 12 Bobbie Bryant

4 10 Slim Harper

Other entrants:

5 Roy Miller Dutter Special

3 Howard Baker Frontenac Special

AAA sanction 1776. Modified stock cars.

Crown Point Motor Speedway, IN

15th May 1927

5 miles

1 Dutch Baumann

5 miles

1 Jack Ross

2 Dutch Baumann

10 miles

1 Dutch Baumann

20 miles

1 Dutch Baumann Frontenac 0:20:38.4, 58.13 mph

2 Jack Ross

3 Fred Nichols

4 Fred Hardy

AAA sanction 1789

Davison, MI

22nd May 1927

1 Roland Mallo Mallo/Frontenac 51.72 mph

AAA sanction 1795. Postponed from the 15th May.

Fort Miami, Toledo, OH

22nd May 1927

100 miles

1 Shorty Cantlon Frontenac 56.59 mph

AAA sanction 1786

Roby Speedway, IN

22nd May 1927

10 miles

1 Walter Martins

20 miles

1 Walter Martins

10 miles

1 Dutch Bauman 0:07:51.8

20 miles

1 Wilbur Shaw Clemons/Frontenac

R Dutch Bauman piston

AAA sanction 1798.

Silver Speedway, Erie Exposition Grounds, PA

22nd May 1927 – ½ mile dirt oval

50 miles

1 John Reynolds

R Lawrence Hoadley fatal accident

Hoadley lost control of his car, crashed through an inner fence and into a small shed. Hoadley was thrown

from his car into the edge of the roof of the shed, suffering massive head injuries.

St Eloy Track, East Moline, IL

15th May 1927 – ½ mile oval

6 miles

1 Hiett Frontenac 0:07:20

2 Schenck

3 Strong

4 Fox

3 miles

1 Fox 0:03:40

3 miles

1 Hiett 0:03:41.5

Sunflower Park, IN

15th May 1927 – ½ mile dirt oval

5 miles – Heat 1

1 Bill McCoy

R Lester Crabb Rajo differential

5 miles – Heat 2

1 Red Campbell

5 miles – Heat 3

1 Merle Strain

R Lester Crabb Rajo mechanical

25 miles

1 Ira Hall 0:25:30

2 15 Bill McCoy

3 Dillman

4 Merle Strain

Red Campbell Frontenac-Ford

R Norman Yeager accident

R 42 Ralph Parker fatal accident

Parker was trying to pass McCoy when his left-rear wheel interlocked with McCoy’s right front – the car

rolled and flung Parker out. He was knocked unconscious, and died the next day in hospital. The race was

stopped after the accident, as Parker was lying on the track. The race was restarted, but after six laps

Yeager went over an embankment, after swerving around Campbell, who had stopped with a burst tyre. Yeager

suffered a fractured skull.

Ascot Speedway, CA

22nd May 1927

Helmet Dash

1 Lou Moore

10 laps – Heat

1 Lou Moore

10 laps – Heat

1 Mel Kenealy

10 laps – Heat

1 Herman Church

Consolation

1 J.Henrichs

25 miles – Feature

1 Bill Spence

2 Lou Moore

Skip Connor, driving Dizzy 100, crashed into a grandstand during one of the races amd was taken to

hospital.

Hamilton Fairgrounds, Butler County Fairgrounds, OH

22nd May 1927

Entrants:

Hugh Arnold Welborn Dodge Special

Shorty Inloe West Side Motor Car Co Frontenac Special

Run under the auspices of the International Auto Race Promoters Association. Rained out – postponed to the

28th May.

Jungle Park, IN

22nd May 1927

5 miles – Heat 1

1 Howdy Wilcox Frontenac-Ford 0:04:45.2

2 Ira Hall

3 Ralph Biddle

5 miles – Heat 2

1 Charlie Crawford Frontenac-Ford 0:04:52.2

2 Mart Bullman

3 Bill McCoy

5 miles - Heat 3

1 Fred Campbell Frontenac-Ford 0:05:05.2

2 Dindeary

3 S.E.Bones

R Bill Keiser Lester Crabb Rajo over embankment

20 miles

1 Bill McCoy Frontenac-Ford

2 Ira Hall

3 Charles Crawford

4 Mart Bullman

R Howdy Wilcox 28 laps/steering gear

Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, IN

28th May 1927

Hamilton Fairgrounds, Butler County Fairgrounds, OH

29th May 1927

Entrants:

George Heller

Ralph Ormsby Jr

Noble Krom

Bob Carey

Gene Gray

Lyle Painter

G.W.Benefield

Shorty Inloe

Doc Oldham

Bill Wansbrough

W.C.Cumming

Al Gulley

Ed Sipp

R.M.Hooker

Cedric Mulford

Dempsey Chaney

Run under the auspices of the International Auto Race Promoters Association.


29th May 1927 – 2 mile dirt oval


1 Grayson Lubbock Chrysler roadster

2 Emmett Huth Buick roadster

3 Curtis Cross Buick roadster

R Eddie Eckenroth Studebaker Commander 76 laps/oil line

R Rex Edmonds Chrysler 70 37 laps/oil line

Other entrants:

Eddie Neve

Jimmie Lawrence

Texas Speedway Alliance races

Armstrong County Fairgrounds, PA

30th May 1927

20 laps – Ford race

1 Glen Styles 0:16

100 miles

1 Robert Hare Studebaker 1:09

2 Bud Thompson

3 Peanuts Runyan

4 J.J.Danko

R Glen Styles Ford 46 laps

Styles suffered a broken bolt in the steering which

caused him to leave the track, go through the fence

and hit two parked cars. Styles was taken

unconscious to hospital, but only suffered minor

injuries. There were six entrants.

Butler, PA

30th May 1927

100 miles

1 Marty Klaus 1:49, 55.04 mph

2 Ivan Mikan

3 Speed Gardner

R Frank Hollman blown tyre/accident

AAA sanction 1784. Klaus was driving an Essex owner

by himself.

Carbon County Fairgrounds, Lehighton, PA


10 miles

Joe Possler

R Jackie Williamson fatal accident

Williamson’s car slid and hit the car of Possler, rolling three times and going through a fence, pinning

the driver underneath. Williamson was taken to hospital but died from his injuries the next day.

Cedar Rapids, IA


15 miles

1 Walter Higley Gallivan Special

Johnny Gerber Whippet Special

Roy Ketcham Dodge Special

R Gus Schroeder accident

Higley also won two preliminary races

Funk’s Motor Speedway, Winchester, IN

30th May 1927

Feature

1 Whiz Sloan Nowiak/Frontenac 60.56 mph

AAA sanction 1797

Langhorne, PA

30th May 1927 – 1 mile dirt oval

Time Trials

1 Frank Farmer Duesenberg 0:00:41.4 (NTR)

Heat 1

1 Frank Farmer Duesenberg 0:02:20.1

R William H.Kays Special fire

Heat 2

1 Ray Keech 0:02:41.2

10 miles

1 Frank Farmer Duesenberg 0:08:09.4

2 Ray Keech

25 miles - Feature

1 Jimmy Gleason Milton/Miller 0:20:57.2, 71.57 mph

2 Al Aspen

3 Albertson

R Frank Farmer Duesenberg tyres/engine

AAA sanction 1772, run by the Philadelphia Racing Association. Gleason had engine trouble at the beginning

of the meeting, so drove back to Philadelphia for a spare part, returning in time for the feature.

Lockport Fairgrounds, NY


The right rear wheel of the car driven by Harold van Loon collapsed during speed trials, causing the car

to roll. Van Loon suffered severe injuries and died a couple of hours later in hospital.

Mill Park Speedway, Pottstown, PA

30th May 1927

25 miles

1 Horace Hunter Cornell Special 0:24:00

2 E.Cuccurilla

3 B.Cox

R Steve Penjuke

Penjuke went through a board fence and struck a girl spectator (Millie Cereso), who was critically

injured.

Monongahela Speedway, PA

30th May 1927

100 miles

1 Ernest Mistlebauer Mistlebauer/Oldsmobile 2:06:24, 47.46 mph

2 Jack Schoaf 2:08:45

No other finishers

Other entrants:

F.A.Thuer J.J.Yunder Star Special

Spath

Schempp

Hickson

AAA sanction 1791

Mount Vernon, IL

30th May 1927

Entrants:

Dewey Shank

New Kensington, PA

30th May 1927 – Dirt oval

100 miles

1 Billy Arnold Frontenac 2:08:04, 48.75 mph

2 Jack Reed/Lou Hornett

3 Paul Kasmack

AAA sanction 1792

Overland Park, Denver, CO

30th May 1927

100 miles

1 Chet Gardner Gardner/Rajo 0:25:01. 71.95 mph

2 R.W.Harper 0:25:11

3 Fred Merzney 0:25:16

R Paul Loomis steering

10 entries, 6 finishers

AAA sanction 1768

Pittsburgh-Bridgeville Speedway, PA

30th May 1927 – ½ mile board oval

150 miles

1 Fred Harder 2:24:45

2 Carl Klingensmith 2:28:15

3 John Clevenger 2:31:07

4 Lafe Stahlman

5 Ray Campbell

6 Kenneth Cristin

R Joe Baker accident

Other entrants:

Lawrence Schneider

W.B.Wolf

Albert Berrell

Fred Youtz

Somerset County Fairgounds, Meyersdale, PA

30th May 1927

Entrants:

Gumie Tramison Petrone Special

Fred Bianchi

AAA sanction 1790. Run by Monongahela Speedway Inc.

Riverhead, NY

30th May 1927

Feature

1 Bob Robinson Robinson/Dodge 60.68 mph

AAA sanction 1804. Universal Auto Racing Association races.

Staten Island, NY

30th May 1927

AAA sanction 1803.

Louisville Motor Speedway, KY

4th June 1927

Feature

1 Lou Schneider Miller 48.82 mph

AAA sanction 1807

Overland Park, Detroit, MI

5th June 1927

100 miles

1 Frank Lockhart 78 mph

2 Cliff Woodbury

3 Ira Vail

4 Bruce Miller

5 Shorty Cantlon

R George Souders 42 laps/cylinder head

Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, WI

5th June 1927

5 miles

1 Harvey Stark 0:04:42

5 miles

1 Babe Sorensen 0:04:32.4

10 miles

1 Carl Marchese 0:08:25.8

10 miles


20 miles

1 George Young 0:16:13.4

Johnny Sawyer accident

Carl Marchese accident

Austin Eiserman accident

30 miles

1 George Young Clemons Special 0:23:29

Bill Laudon Clemons 16v

Beckley Fairgrounds, WV

10th-12th June 1927 – ½ mile dirt oval

10th June: 20 laps

1 Charles Cawley H.S.Diggs Dodge Special 0:10:32

2 Talimadge Calfee J.W.Word Dodge

3 Roscoe Stewart Chevrolet Special

No other entries

11th June: 20 laps

1 Charles Cawley H.S.Diggs Dodge Special 0:10:58



No other entries

12th June: 20 laps

1 Charles Cawley H.S.Diggs Dodge Special



Danbury, CT

11th June 1927

Hat City Sweepstakes

1 Bob Robinson

R Charles Ganung Miller 8 timing gear


Danville Fairgrounds, IL

12th June 1927

Granite State Park, NH

11th June 1927

10 laps – Pursuit

1 Harold W.French

Roby Speedway, IN

12th June 1927

50 miles

1 Dutch Baumann Frontenac 0:38:46.4, 77.37 mph

2 Bruce Miller

3 Louis Schneider

AAA sanction 1810

Mineola, NY

18th June 1927

Feature



Minnesota State Fairgrounds, Hamline, St Paul, MN

18th June 1927 – 1 mile dirt oval


R Joe Burke

R Arthur Van Vliet fatal accident

Burke rolled his car after a front suspension collapse, and Van Vliet hit the wreckage. Van Vliet was

thrown clear and landed on his head, dying within minutes. Burke was unhurt.

20 miles

1 Glenn Hiett Frontenac 0:16:28

Other entrants

Sig Haugdahl withdrew due to birth of son

Crown Point Motor Speedway, IN

19th June 1927 – ½ mile dirt oval

5 miles

1 Dutch Baumann 0:04:56.2

10 miles

1 Dutch Baumann 0:10:00.4

Main

1 Lou Schneider ?/Frontenac 57.08 mph

AAA sanction 1806

New Bremen Speedway, OH

19th June 1927

10 miles

1 Doc Chaney Frontenac-Ford 66 mph

2 George Heller Frontenac-Ford

3 L.Jones Frontenac-Ford

20 miles

1 William Cummins 60 mph

2 George Heller Frontenac-Ford

3 Doc Chaney Frontenac-Ford

R Raymond Manson Little Chief accident

Pursuit

1 William Cummins

2 George Heller

Pueblo, CO

19th June 1927

5 miles

1 Vic Felt

2 Slim Harper

3 Fred Merzney

5 miles

1 Ray Gardner

10 miles

1 Walt Higley 0:11:23.4

2 Gardner

3 Slim Harper

10 miles

1 Gardner 0:11:57

2 Matt Pulver

3 J.P.Iseman

20 miles- Feature

1 Slim Harper Giannini/Frontenac 0:21:44, 55.21 mph

2 Walt Higley

3 Fred Merzney

R Chester Gardner engine

R Matt Pulver engine

Other entrants:

Chuck Anderson

A.J.Walker

AAA sanction 1841. Overland Park Racing Association races.

Recreation Park, Kalamazoo, MI

19th June 1927

100 miles

1 Fred Frame Miller Special 1:13:25

2 George Souders Duesenberg

3 Jack Petticorde Miller

4 Wilbur Shaw

R Bruce Miller Miller Special

AAA sanction 1839.


19th June 1927 – 2 mile dirt oval

200 miles

2 Jimmie Lawrence Whippet 4

Stock car races. Located on Pleasanton Road.

Sunflower Park, IN

19th June 1927

5 miles – Heat 1

1 Bill McCoy

2 L.H.Pingery

R 1100 Gerald “Jess” Bush Pingery Special 3 laps/Fatal accident

R 27 Charles Crawford 3 laps/accident

Bush and Crawford locked wheels. Bush’s car went over Crawford’s, through a fence and into a parked car. A

number of spectators were injured. Bush was taken unconscious to hospital, but was dead on arrival.

5 miles – Heat 2

1 Ira Vail

2 S.E.Bone

3 Virgil Medlock

5 miles – Heat 3

1 Mark Billman

2 Dick Boles

3 Howard Lewis

Note: 28 cars entered the heats.

25 miles – Main

1 Bill McCoy 15 miles/stopped due to dust

2 L.H.Pingery

3 Marl Billman Frontenac-Ford

4 Virgil Medlock Star Special

R Ira Vail engine

R Howdy Wilcox engine

R Frank Sweigert accident


19th June 1927

5 miles

1 George Young 0:03:38.4

5 miles

1 Jack Barley 0:04:39.4

5 miles

1 Jack Mattes 0:04:13.6

Other entrants:

Bill Laudon

50 miles

1 Oscar Anderson Miller 0:40:22.3

R George Young accident

Platte, SD

21st June 1927

5 miles

1 Bert Creamer Dodge Special

Spencer Fairgrounds, IA

24th June 1927

1 mile

1 Bill Brown Ford 0:01:51

2 Dale Pitcher Ford

3 K.R.Randall Ford

Part of the Spencer Commercial Club picnic.

Richmond, VA

25th June 1927



Akron-Cleveland Speedway, OH

26th June 1927 – ½ mile board oval

100 miles – Buckeye Automobile Classic

1 W.Chittum 1:27:58.5

2 Sam Swank

3 Fred Harder

4 Curley Crandel

5 Ralph Redmond

Fred Youtz was fatally injured in qualifying – after completing five warm-up laps, he was just about to

start a timed lap when it’s thought his steering broke and he went through the guard rail and down a 20

foot drop, throwing Youtz from the car. He died on his way to hospital.

Edgar County Fairgrounds, Paris, IL

26th June 1927

15 miles

1 Charles Bone Gallington Special

2 Benny Benifield Frontenac

3 Fred Jones Frontenac

4 Harry Hanks Glover Special

20 miles

1 K4 D.D.Morris Rajo Special

2 Harry Hanks Glover Special

3 Fred Campbell Gardner Special

4 Bob Slater W.H.Howe Special

R 10 Walter Ax accident damage

There were 34 entrants in the meeting

Fitzall Park, Sheboygan, WI

26th June 1927

5 miles

1 John LeClare 0:06:17.1

2 Cy Spindler

3 Johnny Sawyer

5 miles

1 Harold Gildner 0:05:47

2 Johnny Sawyer

3 Austin Eisenman

10 miles

1 Harold Gildner 0:11:29

2 Johnny Sawyer

3 Everett Byrum

San Jose, CA

26th June 1927

Fred Lyons was injured when he went through a fence.

St Eloy Track, East Moline, IL

26th June 1927 – ½ mile oval

Entrants:

Harry Stedman Fox Piston Special

Gus Schrader Boyle Valve Special

Time Trials

1 Gus Schrader 0:00:34.0

8 laps - Heat 1

1 Gus Schrader 0:04:54

2 Freuelyn

8 laps - Heat 2

1 Frank Schenk 0:05:05.3

2 L.S.Fenno

3 Ray Fox

4 Bernie Regan

16 laps – Main


2 Frank Schenk

3 Bernie Regan

4 Ray Fox

R L.S.Fenno 15 laps/piston


2nd July 1927

2nd July: Race

1 3 Talmadge Calfee Dodge

2 Otto Scarbro Chevrolet

Calfee went through the fence and overturned. The

crowd righted the car, lifted it back over the

fence, and Calfee resumed, overtaking his rivals to

win.

Birmingham, AL

2nd July 1927


San Jose, CA

2nd July 1927

W.W.Forest was injured during speed trials

Loda, IL

3rd July 1927

Race

1 Quensel Special

Oil Belt Fairgrounds, Breckenridge, TX

3rd July 1927

1 Fred Frame Miller 56.35 mph

4 Clyde Coats

AAA sanction 1767

Speedbowl Park, Sterling, IL

3rd July 1927

Time Trials

1 Gus Schrader Boyle Valve Special 0:00:38.9

(NTR)

2 D.D.Morris Rajo Special 0:00:39.1

3 Floyd Bobzien Frontenac 0:00:39.2

4 Oscar Anderson Miller Straight 8 0:00:39.6

5 300 Glenn Hiett Kinsey Special 0:00:40.4

6 Frank Brisko Burbach Special 0:00:40.6

7 Harry Steadman Fox Piston Special 0:00:40.6

8 H.L.Cox LaMonte Special 0:00:40.6

Louis Schenk Schenk Special

Wilson Pingrey Pingrey Special

Frank Hefling Hefling Special

Earl Phillips Chevrolet Special

Irving Keating Frontenac-Ford

Barney Wetzel Velle Special

NQ 313 William Shumaker Yellow Cab Special accident

NQ Jack Rose Rajo Special mech.

Schrader set a new track record. William Shumaker crashed through

the southwest fence when his steering broke during practice. He

was hospitalised due to serious injury.

4 laps – 8 fastest qualifiers

1 Oscar Anderson 0:02:43

2 Gus Schrader

3 D.D.Morris

4 Floyd Bobzien

8 laps - Heat 1

1 D.D.Morris 0:05:04

2 Gus Schrader

3 Glenn Hiett

4 H.L.Cox

R Oscar Anderson 6 laps/rolled

8 laps - Heat 2

1 Floyd Bobzien 0:05:25

2 Frank Brisko

3 Harry Steadman

4 Frank Hefling

8 laps - Heat 3

1 Wilson Pingrey 0:05:46

2 Louis Schenk

3 Earl Phillips

4 Frank Hefling

5 Irving Keating

6 Barney Wetzel

15 laps - Main

1 Glenn Hiett 0:10:21

2 Gus Schrader

3 Floyd Bobzien

4 Wilson Pingrey

5 Frank Brisko

R H.L.Cox 5 laps/blown tyre/rolled

R Frank Hefling 2 laps/rolled


3rd July 1927

100 miles – 6th American Legion 100 mile race


2 Ted Rostan

3 Tude Marchese

4 Jack Mattes Mannix Special

5 Bob Sorensen

6 Stanley Zielinski

R George Toung Boyle Valve Special 64 laps/Crank case/radiator

R Lawrence Miller State Park Special 23 laps/accident

NS Art Brach Nowicki Special sheared cam-shaft

Rochester Speedway, IN

3rd-4th July 1927 – ½ mile dirt oval

Ted Hartley won the inaugural race at this circuit – opening meeting.

4th July: Feature

1 Abe Valinski

Homer Dean suffered severe burns to his feet when he drove his burning car away from the grandstand during

a race.

Amarillo Fairgrounds, TX

4th July 1927 – 5/8 mile dirt oval

Plans for a 125 mile race on 5/8 mile dirt oval at Amarillo, TX, on the 4th July were announced. Races do

not appear to have been held, although a game of auto polo was – Clark Askey was knocked unconscious

during the game when his car overturned on him.

Arden Downs Fairgrounds, PA

4th July 1927

Aurora, IL

4th July 1927

Banning, CA

4th July 1927 – ½ mile dirt oval

1 mile – Trophy Dash

1 11 Harry Schmidt 0:00:58.6

2 Jimmy Sharp

3 J.W.Boyce

5 miles

1 Harry Davidson 0:05:04.4

2 Barney Kloepfer

3 Jerry Turner

5 miles

1 Jimmy Sharp

5 miles

1 Ray St.Claire 0:05:07.4

2 Cliff Wilson

3 C.C.Ballinger

5 miles


2 Wally Heisler

3 C.F.Davis

10 miles – Consolation

1 Mike Admire

2 L.Jordan

3 H.Henry

R Speed Hinkley accident

15 miles - Feature


2 Barney Kloepfer

3 Jimmy Sharp

4 C.C.Ballinger

Other entrants:

Bill Spence

Mel Kenealy

Fred Bobzien

Dale Pence

Harry Jacques

Blissfield, MI

4th July 1927

Hobo race

Brown County Fairgrounds, Aberdeen, SD

4th July 1927

Butler, PA

4th July 1927

Time Trials

1 Bill Horodonaro 0:00:31.0

100 miles

1 Deacon Litz Miller 2:00:00, 50.00 mph

2 W.E.Lightner Frontenac

3 Lew Hornettum

4 Mistelbauer

5 Gardner

6 Arnold

R Harry Cohen fatal accident

R Clifford Hudson accident

R Bill Horodonaro 28 laps

AAA sanction 1785. Cohen collided with Hudson, suffering a fractured skull and legs – he died from his

injuries the next day.

Cass County Fairgrounds, IA

4th July 1927

5 miles

1 Roy Boggs

2 Troy Pigg Rajo Special

3 Harry Gage

10 miles

1 Roy Boggs

2 H.W.White

Charleston Fairgrounds, IL

4th July 1927

Only one motorcycle and one automobile showed up for the planned races, and the promoters skipped town.

One was caught in Ashmore and returned the money he was carrying shortly after, but two others escaped

with at least $1000.

Clarion County Fairgrounds, PA

4th July 1927

100 miles

1 Styles 2:13.03

2 Frank Wilson

3 Brown

4 Amsler

5 Nelson

6 Perry

R Redmond accident

5 miles – Ford race

1 Styles 0:06:45

2 Thompson

3 Coleman

Columbus, OH

4th July 1927


Corona, CA

4th July 1927

Stock cars, Heat 1

1 John Lane Hudson

2 Lester B.Harris Chrysler

Stock cars, Heat 2

1 John Lane Hudson

2 Lester B.Harris Chrysler

A stock car race and a junk car race were to be held – the junk car race was called off. Races were to be

run from Sixth Street/Lemon.

Cushing, OK

4th July 1927

AAA sanction 1766

Devils Lake, ND

4th July 1927?

Emory Collins competed and finished in the money recently (as reported on the 11th July) in Devils Lake

fair races. Assuming these were on the 4th July.

Galveston Beach, TX

4th July 1927

1 mile - Heat 1

1 Fred Nelson 0:01:02

Final - Tin Can Derby

1 Fred Nelson 1917 Paige

2 Lavona Smith 1916 Oakland

3 Perry White Dodge

4 Chandler

W.C.Weber 1913 Hupmobile

W.H.Guess 1917 Hudson

J.W.Walker 1914 Ford

Mike Purnell 1915 Dodge

Harry Flegel 1914 Premier

Henry DeMary 1917 Overland

Henry Tauch Jr 1915 Ford

Tremont Motor Co 1916 Cadillac

Bill Feigle 1916 Mercer DSQ for being a race car, rather than a stock car

Race to take place on the new seawall extension. All entrants must have been built before 1917, and the

car must be available to purchase for $50 after the race. Races to run in heats of one mile, three cars at

a time. Four fastest cars to then compete in a final of two miles. The start of the course was at the

extreme east of the extension near the jetties for the finals, and at the midway point for the heats, all

races finishing at the same spot.

Glenwood Springs Park, SD

4th July 1927 - 1/2 mile oval

6 laps

1 Hadfield 0:03:26

2 Metenheitz

3 Hanson

4 "99"

6 laps

1 Lyman 0:03:28

2 Gilpin

3 Newman

4 "Ace High"

20 laps

1 Hanson 0:11:50

2 "Ace High"

3 "99"

4 Newman

20 laps

1 Hadfield 0:11:33

2 Metenheitz

3 Lyman

4 Gilpin

10 laps

1 "Ace High"

2 "99"

Grant County Fairgrounds, Milbank, SD

4th July 1927

Two youths were injured when a bronco, tied in the centre of the field for a bronco busting contest, broke

loose during the automobile races and dashed through the crowd and over the track.

Harrisburg, PA

4th July 1927 – Dirt oval

Race

2 M.O.Ebersole

20 laps – Dauphin County Sweepstakes

1 M.O.Ebersole Frontenac

R Harry Stump Frontenac 2 laps/accident

Harry Stump was badly injured when his car overturned after establishing a new track record in qualifying.

His car went through the railing and dropped fifteen feet into a ditch, snapping in two. Stump was thrown

clear from the wreckage. The race was stopped and restarted later.

Erv Kohn failed to qualify due to engine trouble. On Saturday evening Kohl crashing through the railings

breaking both axles, but repaired his car for the races. However, after the engine trouble he took his car

apart and the rear axle and driveshaft were used to repair the rear axle of Stump’s car, which had broken

just before the races. Stump repaired his car just in time for the second big race of the afternoon.

Interstate Fairgrounds, Sioux City, IA

4th July 1927 – ½ mile dirt oval

Heat 1

1 Spunk Collins

2 Carl Young

Heat 2

1 Art Challender

2 Sam Hoffman

4 laps - Consolation

1 Buddy Strong 0:02:26.8

6 laps - Legion Cup

1 Spunk Collins 0:03:00

2 Sam Hoffman

3 laps – Match Race

1 Sam Hoffman 0:01:39

2 Curlu Young

6 laps – Feature

1 Spunk Collins 0:03:35

Entrants:

Aaron “Buddy” Strong Frontenac

Spunk Collins Mercedes

Sam Hoffman Frontenac

Curly Young Frontenac

Carl Young Frontenac

Eddy Daily Stutz Special

Art Challender Detroit Special

Bert Ficken Ficken Special

Swede Anderson Miller

Wally Amundsen Miller

N.B. – Strong had previously entered a new car

owned by John Looney, but withdrew that entry and

entered this new 300ci Frontenac which he had

purchased from Cliff Woodbury.

Langhorne, NJ

4th July 1927

10 miles

1 Charles Baumann 0:07:16.6

2 Fred Winnai

25 miles

1 Fred Winnai Duesenberg 0:18:51.4, 79.54 mph

2 Charles Baumann

Baumann overtook Winnai on the last lap, but the judges ruled that he was a lap behind and thus unlapping

himself, awarding the win to Winnai. Spectators protested the decision.

AAA sanction 1809. Philadelphia Racing Association races.

Lebanon Fairgrounds, PA

4th July 1927

Time Trials

1 63 George W/MacKenzie Dodge 0:00:34.4

= 13 Malcolm Fox Frontenac 0:00:34.4

3 28 Ben Shaw Frontenac 0:00:34.6

4 40 J.Miller Rajo 0:00:34.8

5 15 M.Galasky Norway 8 0:00:35.0

6 11 Bert Fischler DePaul Special 0:00:35.2

= 30 H.Reckstine Chevrolet 0:00:35.2

8 4 J.Kearns Laurel Special 0:00:36.4

= 31 Steve Penjuke Frontenac 0:00:36.4

10 10 Sam Simone Dodge 0:00:36.8

= 21 John Moretti Frontenac 0:00:36.8

12 54 Tom Reed Rajo 0:00:37.0

16 J.Dugan Frontenac

17 Bill Smith Hispano

26 D.Donahue F&J Special

32 C.Baines Rajo

35 A.Romberger DePaul Special

Jimmy Coppola

John Bossler

Ralph Dengler

5 miles – Open, Heat 1

1 28 Ben Shaw

2 30 H.Reckstine

3 15 M.Galasky

5 miles - Open, Heat 2

1 54 Tom Reed

2 40 J.Miller

3 10 Sam Simone

5 miles - Open, Final Heat

1 54 Tom Reed 0:05:49

2 28 Ben Shaw

3 40 J.Miller

4 10 Sam Simone

5 miles – Special, Heat 1

1 21 J.Moretti

2 15 M.Galasky

3 4 J.Kearns

4 13 M.Fox

5 miles - Special, Heat 2

1 30 H.Reckstine

2 31 Steve Penjuke

3 11 Bert Fischler

4 53 G.W.MacKenzie

5 miles - Special, Final Heat

1 30 H.Reckstine

2 21 J.Moretti

3 15 M.Galasky

4 11 Bert Fischler

6 miles - Stock cars

1 George MacKenzie Chrysler

2 Harry Williams Ford

3 C.Bain Paige

4 Neapolitan Oakland

5 Acker Ford

10 miles - Heat 1

1 54 Tom Reed

2 30 H.Reckstine

3 10 Sam Simone

4 15 M.Galasky

10 miles - Heat 2

1 11 Bert Fischler

2 40 J.Miller

3 13 Malcolm Fox

4 4 J.Kearns

10 miles - Heat 3

1 28 Ben Shaw

2 21 John Moretti

3 31 Steve Penjuke

4 63 G.W.MacKenzie

10 miles - Final Heat

1 28 Ben Shaw 0:11:25

2 54 Tom Reed

3 40 J.Miller

4 30 H.Reckstine

R 11 Bert Fischler accident

National Motor Racing Association races

Lisbon, OH

4th July 1927

50 miles

1 Shorty ` Chevrolet Special 1:15

2 Clyde Campbell Cole 8 1:30

3 L.F.Carnes Garford Special 1:35

4 Curley Grandel Grandel Special DSQ

R Andrew Crumshaw Rajo Special 1 lap/accident

R Lee Turner Star Special 1 lap/accident

R E.T.Henry Chevrolet Special 1 lap/accident

R Earl Watson Chalmers 1 lap/accident

R Ed Watson Essex 1 lap/accident

R Bob LaBord Frontenac Special 1 lap/accident

Grandel skidded at the three-quarter turn and was hit by the following Crumshaw - five other cars were

also involved. Crumshaw was taken to hospital with a broken arm; Crumshaw had only one arm, and was

missing both his legs. Grandel continued in the race, but was disqualified for having three separate

incidents where he spun out.

Less than 2000 watched the races, and the promoters stated that no more races would be held at the Lisbon

track unless permission was given to oil it.

Macon County Fairgrounds, Decatur, IL

4th July 1927 – 1/2 mile dirt oval

Entrants:

Charley Bane B&W Special

Walter Bieger Bieger Special

J.H.Frazier Brown Special

Fred Larsen Ruf Special

C.A.Rhinevoll Chevrolet Special

Henry Zimmerman Gallivan Special

P.F.Kempel Fuzzy Rajo

Charles Crawford Barber-Warnock Special

Doyt Atha Brown Special

Merl Sanders Sanders Special

Carl Mays Dodge Special

Teddy Estaque Dodge Special

Bob Holvey Felix Special

W.L.Howe Howe Special

O.B.Zeek Quensel Special

Hank Douglas Frontenac Special DNA – wrecked in a race on the 3rd July

Charles Hamilton Hamilton Special

Bill Buchanan Whirlwind Special

Jimmie Ward Mooney Special

M.B.Jackson Texaco Special

Thomas A? Overland Special

Thomas Council Regal

Jack Zippy Star Special

77 Jack Pierson Rajo

Roy Fields Frontenac

Howdy Wilcox E.R.Special

3 miles

1 Bob Slater 0:03:26

2 O.D.Zook

3 Charles Dane

4 Howard Fraser

3 miles

1 Howard Fraser 0:03:35

2 Fred Larson

3 M.B.Jackson

4 E.A.Bolin

3 miles

1 Jimmy Ward 0:03:50

2 Roy Fields

3 E.A.Bolin

4 W.H.Bunker

3 miles

1 Howdy Wilcox 0:03:19

2 Paul Kempel

3 Jack Pierson

4 Bill Buchanan

Robert Tippey was flagged in third place, but on the slow down lap he hit the fence where Jack Pierson had

previously hit and damaged it. An exposed rail punctured Tippey’s car, went through the dashboard and into

the driver. Tippey was still conscious and even waved to the crowd, but died several hours later in

hospital.

20 miles

1 Bob Slater 0:23

2 Howard Fraser

3 Jimmy Ward

4 Roy Fields

5 E.A.Bolin

Metropolitan Speedway, Staten Island, NY

4th July 1927

AAA sanction 1844 – meeting abandoned

Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, Davenport, IA

4th July 1927

Entrants:

Emil Miller Frontenac

18 Buddy Pierce Joe Sills Nash

71 Louie S.Fenno Rajo

Harry Steadman Fox Piston Special

2 Maynard Clarke Chevrolet

Wencil Wales Frontenac-Ford

D.Ryan Chevrolet Special

Gus Schrader Boyle Special

Frank Schenk

Albert Koepke

Robert Maxfield

R.C.Blackwell

The Fox Piston Special had a Hall-Fox engine. Ryan’s

car was built by Wilson Pingrey.

5 miles


2 Glenn Hiett

3 Maynard Clarke

4 Albert Koepke

5 miles

1 Frank Schenk

2 Louie Fenno

3 Guy Rogan

4 R.C.Blackwell

5 miles

1 Harry Steadman 0:06:00.4

2 Turner

3 Wencil Wales

4 Norman Wilson

Roy Bryan

Breeding

2.5 miles – Consolation

1 Rob Bryan 0:02:55

2 Breeding

15 miles – Davenport Sweepstakes

1 Gus Schrader 0:16:31.2

2 Glen Hiett

3 Maynard Clarke

4 Albert Koepke

5 Frank Schenk 29 laps

6 Guy Rogan

R Wencil Wales accident

R Harry Steadman accident

12 entrants.

Monongahela Speedway, PA

4th July 1927

Time Trials

R Fred Bianci accident

15 miles

1 Bill Morris Warnock/Frontenac 0:20

2 Buck Ramsey Junior Four

3 Ralph Schoaf Chevrolet

4 Arch Stewart Chrysler

15 miles

1 Wayne Watson Chevrolet Special 0:21:12

2 Sid Eckhardt Star

3 James Dodkins Oakland Special

4 J.Marshall Frontenac

Pursuit

1 Robert Sabina 0:12:24

30 miles - Feature

1 Bill Morris Warnock/Frontenac 0:42:50, 42.02 mph

2 J.Marshall Frontenac

3 C.H.Elliott Chevrolet

4 James Dodkins Oakland Special

AAA sanction 1793

Mosinee,WI

4th July 1927

North Field, Lancaster, OH

4th July 1927

Two slow auto races to be held – one for six cylinder cars, one for four cylinder cars. Cars were to

complete a 100 yard course without stalling or slipping the clutch, slowest wins.

6 cylinder cars

1 Lee Huddle Buick 0:01:34

2 C.L.Black Velie

4 cylinder cars

1 Joseph Bemiller Maxwell 0:01:15

Overland Park, Denver, CO

4th July 1927

Heat 1

2 Walt Higley Frontenac Special

Heat 4

3 Glen Mather Laurel Special

5 miles

1 Clyde Gilbert Baker Special 0:04:18.4

2 Walt Higley Frontenac Special

3 John Donley

5 miles

1 Slim Harper 0:04:14.6

2 Fred Morzney

3 Joe Fahnstock

25 miles

1 Slim Harper Giannini/Frontenac (Mohawk Special) 0:20:40.4, 72.55 mph

2 Walt Higley Frontenac Special 0:21:02.6

AAA sanction 1842. Overland Park Racing Association races.

Panhandle-Borger-Panhandle, TX

4th July 1927 – 50 mile road course

1 C.I.Blalock Buick roadster 0:54

2 E.O.Chmicker Buick Master Sport roadster 0:57

3 R.M.Fuller Buick Sport roadster 0:58

4 Frank Shaw Chrysler 70 1:05

R Chrysler 70

R Winton Six

Only four finished, six entries. Stock cars.

Pennsylvania Speedway, Clarion Fairgrounds, PA

4th July 1927

5 miles – Ford race

1 Styles 0:06:45

2 Thompson

3 Coleman

4 Spangler

100 miles

1 Styles 2:13:03

2 Frank Wilson

3 Brown

4 Amsler

5 Nelson

6 Perry

R Redmond accident

Pittsburgh-Bridgeville Speedway, PA

4th July 1927 – 1/2 mile board oval

300 laps

1 Fred Harder 2:09:55

2 William Chittum -2 laps

3 Billy Carpenter

4 Jack Sanders

5 Lafe Stahlman

6 Al Bost

R Art Rose accident

Pomona Fairgrounds, CA

4th July 1927

Pottstown, PA

4th July 1927

10 miles

1 Horace Hunter

25 miles

1 Kew Shingle

Ruskin Park, Mitchell, SD

4th July 1927 - 1 mile oval

Time Trials

1 Bert Cramer 0:00:49

2 Stanley Fuller

3 Ray Hebert

4 Johnny Smith

5 miles - Heat

1 Bert Cramer 0:04:15

2 Stanley Fuller

3 Ray Hebert

4 A.A.Meyers

10 miles - Feature

1 Bert Cramer

2 Stanley Fuller

3 Ray Hebert

4 John Bagley

5 miles - Consolation

1 John Bagley

2 Littlechild

3 McCurdy

4 Johnny Smith

Salem, MA

4th July 1927

50 miles

1 Jack Ross Miller Special 0:45:41

2 Gus Duray Frontenac Special

3 Swede Smith Stutz

South Bend, IN

4th July 1927

1 Lou Schneider ?/Frontenac 52.28 mph

AAA sanction 1801

Spencer Park, IN

4th July 1927

50 miles - $50 race

1 Jerry Lenon Star

3 Cecil Manis

R Leonard

$25 race

1 Joe Degenova

2 Frank Miller

Wabasha County Fairgrounds, Plainview, MN

4th July 1927

To feature auto races.

West Texas Fair Track, Abilene, TX

4th July 1927

Time Trials

1 37 Fred Frame Miller Special 0:01:05.6

2 Ted Simpson Miller Special 0:01:09.6

3 Bob Stilwell McCalheren Special 0:01:10.6

4 Johnny Lee Miller Special 0:01:11.0

5 Bennie Mayfield Chevrolet Special 0:01:11.6

= M.S.Wells Frontenac-Ford 0:01:11.6

7 T.R.Gallaway Gallaway Special 0:01:12.2

8 George Barringer Barringer Special 0:01:12.4

9 Gene Frederick Frontenac-Ford 0:01:13.6

10 W.Tennill Frontenac-Ford 0:01:14.0

11 Roy A.Gardner Gardner Special 0:01:14.4

12 O.Lawrence Frontenac-Ford 0:01:14.8

13 H.C.Walker Walker Special 0:01:15.8

14 Harry Norse Chevrolet Special 0:01:16.0

15 Clyde E.Coats Coats Special 0:01:16.0

16 C.C.Kenner Frontenac-Ford 0:01:16.8

17 Claude Owen Dodge Special 0:01:17.2

18 Olin Reeves Frontenac-Ford 0:01:17.6

19 Carroll Smith Studebaker Special 0:01:30.0

10 laps (6.25 miles)

1 Fred Frame 0:05:55 (NTR)

2 M.S.Wells 0:05:56

3 Ted Simpson

3 T.R.Gallaway

14 laps

1 Johnny Lee 0:09:05

2 Bennie Mayfield 0:09:10

3 W.Tennill

4 George Barringer

R Gene Frederick accident

Frederick hit a water pipe beneath the inner

railing, which then spilled water over the track.

The flow was soon halted, but Frederick’s car had

a bent axle and was out for the rest of the

meeting.

8 laps (5 miles)

1 Roy Gardner 0:05:12

2 H.C.Walker

3 Harry Norse

4 George Barringer

R Clyde E.Coats 5 laps/fatal

accident

Clyde E.Coats died later from his injuries.

32 laps (20 miles)

1 Fred Frame 0:19:20, 62.06 mph

2 M.S.Wells 0:19:24

3 Ted Simpson

4 Johnny Lee

Lee was driving the Miller driven by Harry

Milburn in the time trials.

6 laps

1 O.Lawrence 0:03:54

2 C.C.Kenner 0:03:55

3 Claude Owen

4 A.A.Womack Chevrolet Special

AAA sanction 1802.

Woodland Park, KS

4th July 1927

Junk Auto Race

1 Earl C.Hallgren Ford

2 Ted Parisa


4th-5th July 1927

4th July

1 3 Talmadge Calfee Dodge

2 Otto Scarbro Chevrolet

R Essex accident

NS 9 Dodge broken valve

Manchester Fairgrounds, IA

4th-5th July 1927

Ronceverte-Lewisburg Fairgrounds, WV

9th July 1927

Entrants:

Bob Robinson Salerno Special

Doug Wallace Hispano Suiza

Phil Tesla

Rocco Binaggio

Billy Winn

Swede Yonally

Johnny Caccacio

Al Veedman

Tom Definio

Harry Riggins


Greene County Fairgrounds, IN

10th July 1927

Entrants:

Charles Crawford Hannum Special

Bill McCoy McCoy Special

Ira Hall We Do It Special

Mark Billman Frontenac Ford

Lovell Carr Chevrolet Special

George Mohan Rajo Special

A petition for a restraining order against the Greene County Fair and Racing Association was filed in the

Greene Circuit court at Bloomfield by Claude Wampler, who lived near the West Side race track, three miles

southwest of Linton. The petitioner asked that the association be restrained from holding auto races on

the track on Sunday, July 10. On the 8th July it was stated from the county seat that no bond had yet been

filed by the petitioner, and the hearing on the petition was set for 9th July.

Roby Speedway, IN

10th July 1927

75 miles

1 George Souders Duesenberg 1:00:41.0, 74.15 mph

2 Shorty Cantlon

3 Jack Petticord

AAA sanction 1849

Titusville Fairgrounds, PA

13th July 1927

.5 miles – Ford Slow race

5 miles – Ford stock car race


Houston Speedway, TX

14th July 1927

AAA sanction 1857 – A test to be held by the Franklin company.

Cumberland, MD

16th July 1927

AAA sanction 1814. Universal Auto Racing Association races. Following the races, a fight broke out between

two of the drivers – Sam Elliott, who was arrested on a charge of assault, and Bud Campbell, who was

issued an arrest warrant on a charge of assault with intent to kill. The fight broke out, and bottles were

thrown, after an argument over an alleged agreement between a local automobile dealer and a driver of one

of the cars in the race.


16th-17th July 1927

An Essex Super-Six completed 1218 miles at an average speed of 50.75 mph in 24 hours.

Bellaire Speedway, Houston, TX

17th July 1927 – 1.5 mile dirt oval


1 Harry Milburn White/Miller 83.87 mph

2 Eddie Neva Wells-Brooks Special

3 Ted Simpso

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